Pediatric Registered Nurse - PICU

Job Description

• Follows the nursing process to deliver safe, compassionate, and culturally effective care.
• Provides individualized and comprehensive patient care accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care provided.
• Monitors and documents the child's condition, interventions, and the effectiveness of care.
• Provides and benchmarks patient care in accordance to the standards of care, established policies, procedures and evidenced-based practices.
• Develops, implements and/or revises the child’s plan of care on admission and throughout the course of hospitalization. The Plan of Care developed in partnership with the child young people, family, and the interdisciplinary care team is inclusive of goals and interventions, and is outcome focused.
• Establishes, implements, and updates the patient’s plan of care based on the individual patient needs, sound nursing theory, scientific principles, and professional judgment to achieve planned and expected outcomes.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills by problem solving appropriately during patient care.
• Independently initiates escalation of any untoward changes in the child’s medical status or care issues utilizing members of the healthcare team and chain of command.
• Utilizes a professional practice framework and evidence-based care, identifies improvement areas while minimizing risks creating care that is optimal for our children and families.
• Assesses, plans, provides and evaluates the educational needs of the patient and family.
• Facilitates the incorporation of patient safety and transformational leadership principles into clinical nursing care.